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Sparrow always numbers rather than names his works. Why would Sparrow do this? Why are numbers so important to Sparrow?
The novel focuses on seeing and not being seen: Think of the importance of Comrade Glass Eye and Jian, the terrible result of Zhuli being seen in her family’s library, and Ai-Ming’s struggle to become invisible. What is the power and cost of seeing? Of being unseen?
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